August Sketch Challenge!

We've turned another page on the calendar- can you believe it? It's always an exciting time because we get to share our latest sketch challenge with you. And we have a whole bunch of examples from the design team as well, so I hope you're ready!

Our August Sketch, designed by Michele Singh:

{Isn't it GORGEOUS?!}

Let's see what our design team has created with this sketch:

Camilla Ekman

Kelly Foster

Kristine Henanger

Patter Cross

Frau_Muller

Yana Smakula

Yvonne Yam

Lisa

So many different ways to do this one- and don't you worry if you don't have the chipboard pieces featured in the sketch- feel free to interpret it as you like with whatever you have :)

As always, we've got a great grab bag of chipboard for one randomly chosen participant:

In addition to our prize winner, we will also select a Top 3 to feature in our winner post!

We have just a few simple rules to follow if you would like to participate in our sketch challenge:

1.) Feel free to interpret the sketch as you please by means of taking it as-is or flipping/turning/mirroring it to suit your needs! **Please note that you can do whatever type of project you please- a layout, card, tag, canvas, altered item- whatever suits your mood and style! We would love to see the different ways our sketch can be used.**

2.) You must use at least one piece of Blue Fern Studios chipboard- but you do not need to use the pieces featured in the sketch! You can find the store nearest you HERE. {Please do not use any other brand of chipboard on your project please!}

3.) Upload your project using the Inlinkz tool below by midnight EST on August 31st, 2013.

We look forward to your entries!

Inspirations with Encza

Hello everyone! My name is Ania but on the Web you can find me as Encza from Poland.

I’m very excited that I will have the chance to present my inspirations 

in such an amazing Design Team.

I had the opportunity to meet with you over the next few months 

and I hope that my work provides You interesting inspirations.

Working with these beautiful chipboards from Blue Fern Studios is an amazing adventure for me.

What I prepared for you today?

Let's see :)

Mini  photo album

It’s a small photo album with pictures of my children. I’ve made it for my daughter.  Look at closing of album which I’ve used decorative tags and chipboards from Blue Fern Studios.

I used:

Leafy Page Accents and Ironwork Accents

Romantic card

Next of my work today  is a romantic wedding card. I’ve used two chipboards which I painted a silver pearls and glitter.

I used:

Leafy Page Accents and Ironwork Accents

Frame with my children

It’s a crazy frame with my children. I’ve used chipboards from Blue Fern Studios, tags, flowers and glitter.

I used:

Wedding Words

Thank you for your time spent with me and my inspirations. I hope that you enjoyed yourselves.

Ania_Encza :)

Keep it Whole or Take it Apart w/Erin Blegen

Hi everyone! Erin Blegen here with you today with some projects showing how you can keep your chipboards "as is" or piece them apart in order to best compliment your work. We all like to make the most of our products and it can sure be fun to see how far you can stretch something. While at other times, we want to use something in its entirety to really make a statement!

Let's see how I did both :)

"Pause to Live"

 This piece is an 8"x10" canvas. Normally, when I create something, I don't necessarily start with the chipboard. But that wasn't the case here. I knew I wanted to use the gorgeous Ornate Heart piece- and I definitely knew I didn't want to take this one apart. It's such a gorgeous design and I really wanted to make something special with it.

Here are the steps I took in coloring this piece:

1. Prime chipboard with gesso; dry.

2. Stamp chipboard with a favorite stamp and clear embossing ink.

3. Sprinkle on some white embossing powder and set with heat gun.

4. Randomly apply some watercolors. The embossed stamping will resist.

5. Apply clear embossing powder to some areas of the wet watercolors. Set with heat gun.

Products Used:

Ornate Heart

"Pretty Creative Girl This Afternoon"

This project is a bit of an interesting one as my background is made of sandpaper. I actually have a full step-by-step tutorial on how I went about creating this HERE on my blog if interested.

For this project, I chose to piece apart my chipboard. I've done so with two different pieces, the Quatrefoil Garden Panel and one of the Ironwork Accents. I've kept them raw for the most part, save for a few beads on the panel bits.

I've added a couple of the punched out bits that come with these panels.

Products Used:

Quatrefoil Garden Panel

Ironwork Accents

"Key to My Heart" Tag

My final project today is a tag. I've created a collage-style piece using the bird/flourish cut from the Village Sign Post, and a heart from the Heart Set pack.

I actually ended up using the backside of the heart piece. I'd done some stamping and coloring and just didn't like it- but when I turned it over and discovered the random gesso look that it had, I decided I wanted to keep it that way :). I backed it with a transparency before cutting off a piece from the Village Sign Post, applying some sandy colored chalk ink, and then topping off the heart with it.

Products Used:

Heart Set

Village Sign Post

Thank-you for hanging in there with me today! I hope you enjoyed my projects :)

See you soon- and don't forget about the July Sketch Challenge!

Projects by Kotlyarova

Hello, ladies :)
Olga here with you today and this is my first post with projects. I'm very happy to be a part of Blue Fern Studios design team!

I live in Moscow with my husband, little daughter (she's 5 months) and labrador. I'm graphic designer and fall in love with scrapbooking, enjoy working with paper.

I would like to show two layouts to you today. 

I've decorated chipboard pieces with gesso and mist spray

Blooming Foliage

Quatrefoil Panel

And then worked perfectly gesso and stamping here

Cloudy Skies

Thanks for stopping by and lot of inspiration to you. 

Olga.